Archaeological Sites in Switzerland - Roman Sites in Switzerland, La Tene Culture, Neuchatel, Switzerland in the Roman Era, Aventicum, Martigny (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Roman sites in Switzerland, La Tene culture, Neuchatel, Switzerland in the Roman era, Aventicum, Martigny, Augusta Raurica, Holzbrucke Rapperswil-Hurden, Noviodunum, Horgen, Irgenhausen Castrum, Kempraten, Busskirch, Schnidejoch, Petinesca, Lausonius Lacus, Basel-Munsterhugel, Lousonna. Excerpt: Neuchatel (literally: French: "New" + Old French Chatel, now chateau, "Castle" is the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchatel on Lake Neuchatel. The city has as of December 2007 approximately 32,600 inhabitants (80,000 in the agglomeration), by and large French-speaking, although the city is sometimes referred to historically by the German name .), which has the same meaning, since it originally belonged to the Holy Roman Empire and later Prussia ruled the area until 1848. Neuchatel is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission Intercultural cities programme. The city is located on the northwestern shore of the Lake of Neuchatel ("lac de Neuchatel" in French and "Neuenburgersee" in German), a few kilometers east of Peseux and west of Saint-Blaise. Above Neuchatel, roads and train tracks rise steeply into the folds and ridges of the Jura range - known within the canton as the Montagnes Neuchateloises. Like the continuation of the mountains to either side, this is wild and hilly country, not exactly mountainous compared with the high Alps further south but still characterized by remote, windswept settlements and deep, rugged valleys. It is also the heartland of the celebrated Swiss watchmaking industry, centred on the once-famous towns of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle, which both rely heavily on their horological past to draw in visitors. The River Doubs marks the border with France, set down in a gorge and forming along its path an impressive waterfall, the Saut du Doubs, and lake, the Lac des Brenet...